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Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

Ketchikan, Alaska · Public school district · #11 of 17 Alaska districts by enrollment

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2,043

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,299

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Alaska median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Alaska median 16.7

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District is a public school district based in Ketchikan, Alaska, serving 2,043 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #11 of the 17 Alaska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 38% of them. Its schools average 227 students each, about the same as the Alaska median of 227. It spends about $22,299 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares

Ketchikan Gateway BoroughAlaska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,299

Alaska median $21,685 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,991

Alaska median $12,224 · 14% above · FY2020-21

Students per school227

Alaska median 227 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Alaska median 16.7 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,022

Alaska median 454 · 125% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$49.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 66%Local 23%

Measure	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Alaska median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,299	$21,685	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,991	$12,224	FY2020-21
Total spending	$48.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$49.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	147	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	317	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	16.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,022	454	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Alaska median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Alaska

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictKodiak	2,122	12	$24,102	14.2	#10
Ketchikan Gateway Borough School DistrictKetchikan · this district	2,043	9	$22,299	13.9	#11
Lower Yukon School DistrictMountain Village	2,027	11	$33,959	15.8	#12
Northwest Arctic Borough School DistrictKotzebue	1,945	13	$35,081	15.9	#13
North Slope Borough School DistrictUtqiagvik	1,853	11	$38,413	11.4	#14

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Camden Central School DistrictCamden, NY	2,044	$21,716	12.2
Hopewell Area School DistrictAliquippa, PA	2,044	$17,425	14.5
BelchertownBelchertown, MA	2,043	$16,472	13.3
Fremont Public School DistrictFremont, MI	2,043	$11,378	17.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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